Sparked!

Sparked!

By Cara Bradley

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10/31/26

There, There, Sweetheart

I resisted a self-compassion practice for years. It’s three words, There, there, sweetheart, and it slowly softened the armor around my heart. I share the Buddhist image of the two wings of the bird, wisdom and loving kindness, and why one wing was n… Read more

09/22/26

Becoming Nobody

One of the bravest things you can do every day is spend a few minutes being nobody. I've been playing with this for the last couple of years, and it keeps opening up more room than I expected — room to hear myself underneath all the noise. In this e… Read more

08/27/26

What Am I Avoiding?

Every few months I ask myself one question for two weeks straight: What am I avoiding? I write it at the top of my journal every morning and let the answers come, gently, without judgment. In this episode I talk about why avoidance becomes a habit, w… Read more

08/12/26

Get Over Yourself

I believe one of the greatest gifts we can give the world is to get over ourselves: to put down the backpack of stories, roles, and identities we carry every day. In this episode, I share three simple practices I use daily to loosen that grip: time i… Read more

07/29/26

Be the Example

What's left for me to do? That question shows up in my journal almost every morning. In this episode, I share where I've landed: be the example. I walk through the three practices that keep me grounded in that: being kind, starting with how I talk to… Read more

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